character_map.txt

## PrintableBinary character map — SOURCE OF TRUTH for every implementation
## (Zig @embedFile, C via utils/generate_embedded_map.lua, Lua CLI, JS).
##
## Format: one glyph per line, in byte order. Line N (after filtering comments)
## is the glyph for byte N. Exactly 256 glyph lines. The glyph is the FIRST
## whitespace-delimited token on the line.
##
## ASCII passthrough (the core point): letters (A–Z, a–z), digits (0–9), and
## . @ ^ _ map to THEMSELVES — 66 of the 94 printable non-space bytes — so ASCII
## text stays legible in the encoded form even when mixed with control/high bytes.
## The other printable bytes take look-alike glyphs to stay unambiguous: 0x20
## space -> ␣, plus the 28 punctuation ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - / : ; < = > ? [ \ ] ` { | } ~
## (see per-line trailing notes). Byte 0x23 '#' -> ♯ is discussed below.
##
## Comments:
##   - A line beginning with `##` (two or more '#') is a full-line comment, skipped.
##   - A trailing `<glyph> ## comment` is ignored (only the first token is taken).
##   - `##` (not a single '#') is the marker on purpose, so a lone '#' can be a
##     glyph someday without ambiguity. Today byte 0x23 ('#') maps to ♯, not '#'.
##
## Space (byte 0x20 -> ␣ U+2423, 3 bytes): kept 3-byte ON PURPOSE. No 2-byte glyph
## works — the disqualifier is East Asian Width = Ambiguous, which makes terminals
## (e.g. Ghostty) render the glyph as a pending/combining char (white highlight).
## Every EAW=Neutral 2-byte option is a living-language letter, an ASCII look-alike,
## or visually noisy. Use -s/--space to pass spaces through literally when tolerable.
·
¯
«
»
ϟ
¿
¡
ª
⌫
⇥
¶
↧
§
⏎
ȯ
ʘ
Ɣ
¹
²
º
³
µ
ɨ
⏹
©
¦
Ƶ
⎋
Ξ
ǁ
ǀ
¬
␣ ## space: 3-byte open box kept deliberately — see header note; -s to passthrough
ǃ
ˮ
♯
Ꞩ
‰
⅋
ʼ
❨
❩
⁎
⨦
٫
˗
.
⁄
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
꞉
;
˂
꞊
˃
Ɂ
@
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
⟦
⧷
⟧
^
_
ˋ
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
❴
∣
❵
˜
⌦
ă
Ă
Ǎ
ǟ
Ǟ
ȧ
Ȧ
ǡ
ƀ
Ƀ
Ɓ
ƃ
Ƃ
ć
Ć
ĉ
Ĉ
č
Č
ċ
Ċ
ď
Ď
Đ
ȸ
Ɗ
ƌ
Ƌ
ȡ
ĕ
Ĕ
Ě
ė
ȩ
Ȩ
ƒ
Ƒ
ǵ
Ǵ
ğ
Ğ
ǧ
Ǧ
ḡ
Ḡ
ĥ
Ĥ
ȟ
Ȟ
ƕ
Ƕ
ĭ
Ĭ
Ǐ
İ
ȉ
ȋ
ĵ
Ĵ
ǰ
ǩ
Ǩ
ķ
Ķ
ƙ
Ƙ
ĺ
Ĺ
ľ
Ľ
ƚ
Ƚ
Ń
ǹ
Ň
ņ
Ņ
ȵ
ŏ
Ŏ
Ǒ
ȫ
Ȫ
ȱ
ƥ
Ƥ
ȹ
ɋ
ŕ
Ŕ
ř
Ř
ŗ
Ŗ
ś
Ś
š
Š
ş
Ş
ť
Ť
ţ
Ţ
ț
Ț
ŭ
Ŭ
Ǔ
ű
ȕ
Ʉ
Ṿ
Ʋ
ŵ
Ŵ
ŷ
Ŷ
Ÿ
ȳ
ƴ
Ƴ
ź
Ź
ž
Ž
ż
Ż